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algodonite

[al′gäd·ə‚nīt]
(mineralogy)
Cu6 As A steel gray to silver white mineral consisting of copper arsenide and occurring as minute hexagonal crystals or in massive and granular form.
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Occurrence: Associated minerals are: dolomite, calcite, aragonite, copper, cuprite, domeykite, algodonite, koutekite, gold, silver, olivenite, cornubite, clinotyrolite, connelite, brochantite, malachite, trippkeite, pharmacosiderite, strashimirite and gilmarite.
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